Mayor of San Diego from 2014 to 2020, after 12 years on the city council. Pushed for more development to boost San Diego’s housing supply, increased the city’s number of shelter beds and called for stricter enforcement against “tent cities.” Fluent in Spanish, his dad was an assistant city manager,...
Meet Caitlyn Jenner
Olympic gold medalist in 1976. Transitioned in 2015, becoming one of the most prominent transgender public figures. Television personality with roles in “Keeping Up With The Kardashians,” and later her own TV documentary series, “I Am Cait.” Age: 71 Party: Republican Home: Malibu Likes: Deregulation, flying planes, Trump in 2024...
Q&A: Larry Elder, Recall Candidate for California Governor
Larry Elder, one of the top recall candidate to replace Gov. Gavin Newsom in California's recall election, answers some questions just weeks ahead of the election scheduled for September 14. Read More at The San Diego Union-Tribune
The Latest on Gov. Newsom’s Campaign as Recall Election Nears
With one month until the recall election, political consultant Steve Maviglio and public affairs and campaign consultant Rob Stutzman joined Inside California Politics to discuss Gov. Gavin Newsom’s latest campaign. Read More at KTLA5
Newsom Using Stark Language as He Seeks to Stay in Office
Gov. Gavin Newsom is using increasingly stark language as he campaigns in the final month of a tight recall election, calling it “a matter of life or death" that voters keep him in office and he is increasingly targeting a single Republican candidate: talk show host Larry Elder. Mail-in voting...
Legal Scholar Says Newsom Recall Is Unconstitutional
Law scholars are questioning the constitutionality of California’s recall election process that Gov. Gavin Newsom is facing on Sept. 14. Read More at CapRadio
California’s Recall Election Could Be a National Disaster
In a state with 40 million people, it’s entirely conceivable that a new California governor could be “elected” with fewer than 2 million votes given many expressing confusion about how the two-part ballot works or a lack of awareness that an election is even taking place. Read more at The Nation
California Recall System Must Be Reformed. It’s Bad for Taxpayers and, Some Say, Democracy.
UC Berkeley Law School Dean Erwin Chemerinsky and law professor Aaron Edlin say that California’s recall system “is not just nonsensical and undemocratic. It is unconstitutional.” Read more at Los Angeles Times
This 29-Year-Old YouTube Millionaire Has a Good Chance to Be the Next Governor of California
In an early August poll by Survey USA, 29-year-old Youtuber Kevin Paffrath had the most votes in the field of replacements, with 27%. The next six candidates are all Republicans. Read More at CNBC
Buckle Up: A Big Day for California
Today is a big day for California. First, it’s the deadline for local elections offices to start sending mail-in ballots for the Sept. 14 recall election of Gov. Gavin Newsom. Ballots have already started hitting mailboxes in many parts of the state, prompting Newsom and his leading challengers to turbocharge...